Across the Blue Line

At the University of Michigan's Yost Ice Arena, hockey forward Everett Hale and figure skater Ruby Dawson claim the same quiet sliver of morning ice for very different reasons. He needs the calm before the team chaos, and she needs space to chase the jump that keeps slipping away. A chance overlap turns into something neither of them expected as shared mornings on the empty rink spark a connection that feels as natural as skating itself. But with the season heating up, their growing bond has to find its footing on ice that's never fully still.